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• US: /ˈhoʊməɹ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊmə/
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• General-American: /ˈhoʊmɚ/
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From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

From Middle English [Term?], an occupational name for a helmet maker, or a variant of Holme.

From Hebrew חומר / חֹמֶר (khómer, “clay, heap, large unit of volume”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Middle English hōm English home English -er English homer From home + -er.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هُومِيرُوس (humirus) — ancient Greek poet
• Armenian: Հոմերոս (Homeros) — ancient Greek poet
• Old Armenian: Հոմերոս (Homeros) — ancient Greek poet
• Azerbaijani: Homer — ancient Greek poet
• Belarusian: Гаме́р (Hamjér) — ancient Greek poet
• Bulgarian: О́мир (Ómir) — ancient Greek poet
• Catalan: Homer — ancient Greek poet
• Chinese Mandarin: 荷馬 /荷马 (Hémǎ) — ancient Greek poet
• Czech: Homér — ancient Greek poet
• Dutch: Homerus — ancient Greek poet
• Esperanto: Homero — ancient Greek poet
• Finnish: Homeros — ancient Greek poet
• French: Homère — ancient Greek poet
• Galician: Homero — ancient Greek poet
• German: Homer — ancient Greek poet
• Greek: Όμηρος (Ómiros) — ancient Greek poet
• Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος (Hómēros) — ancient Greek poet
• Icelandic: Hómer — ancient Greek poet
• Irish: Hóiméar — ancient Greek poet
• Italian: Omero — ancient Greek poet
• Japanese: ホメロス (Homerosu) — ancient Greek poet
• Kazakh: Гомер (Gomer) — ancient Greek poet
• Korean: 호메로스 (Homeroseu) — ancient Greek poet
• Kyrgyz: Гомер (Gomer) — ancient Greek poet
• Latin: Homērus — ancient Greek poet
• Maltese: Omeru — ancient Greek poet
• Marathi: होमर (homar) — ancient Greek poet
• Portuguese: Homero — ancient Greek poet
• Russian: Гоме́р (Gomɛ́r) — ancient Greek poet
• Spanish: Homero — ancient Greek poet
• Swedish: Homeros — ancient Greek poet
• Turkish: Homeros — ancient Greek poet
• Ottoman Turkish: هومر (hōmer) — ancient Greek poet
• Ottoman Turkish: ابو الشعرا (ebu eş-şuara) — ancient Greek poet
• Ottoman Turkish: اومیروس (omîrōs) — ancient Greek poet
• Turkmen: Gomer — ancient Greek poet
• Uzbek: Gomer — ancient Greek poet
• Armenian: Հոմերոս (Homeros) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Омир (Omir) — male given name
• French: Omer — male given name
• Galician: Homero — male given name
• Italian: Omero — male given name
• Marathi: होमर (homar) — male given name
• Portuguese: Homero — male given name
• Spanish: Homero — male given name
• Italian: fanatico — devoted supporter of a team
• Serbo-Croatian: fanatik — devoted supporter of a team
• Finnish: lyödä kunnari — to hit a home run